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duisportmagazin
A magazine published by Duisburger Hafen AG 2/2017
2
Handling volume exceeds 4 million containers
duisport launches startport innovation platform
Pioneer in Climate Protection
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CONTENT
4 duisport to break the 4 million TEU 8 duisport launches startport innova- 10 Pioneer in Climate Protection
mark in 2017 tion platform
duisport can expect solid growth for the whole of Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) has launched its In order to proceed with a good example and to
2017. „While the overall cargo handling volume in “startport” innovation platform. Covering an area take over a pioneering role, the port of Duisburg is
the ports of Duisburg increased by 4 percent, we of 550 square meters in the creative surroundings starting cooperation with partners in the industry,
expect double-digit growth for container handling of the Werhahnmühle in Duisburg‘s interior port, such as Siemens, RWE and Innogy on the topic of
and will break the 4 million TEU mark for the first it offers start-up companies an opportunity to sustainability.
time,“ explains Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer develop innovative logistics solutions.
of Duisburger Hafen AG.
Content
THE PORT IN FOCUS CUL-TOUR
4 duisport to break the 4 million TEU 20 Lack of parking space for trucks in 34 A park for the Mercatorinsel
mark in 2017 and around Duisburg
6 duisport acquires Bohnen Logistik 23 Suggestion box and counselor
SERVICE
8 duisport launches startport inno- 25 Talent Award Ruhr awarded
vation platform 27 Standard expressions in inland 36 duisport Shipping List and Rail
10 Pioneer in Climate Protection waterway transport Schedule
13 New Edeka Rhine-Ruhr logistics 42 duisport – The Port
center
43 Port Map
15 Ranking of container handling PORTRAIT
volumes
28 Specialist for bulk goods logistics
for over 110 years
NETWORK 31 Locally active company with an
international orientation
16 First start-up in the “startport”
18 Customer contact journey
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duisportmagazin 2/2017 3
THE PORT » CONTAINER HANDLING
duisport to break
the 4 million TEU mark in 2017
© Frank Reinhold
For the business year 2017 duisport is expecting a double-digit growth in container handling and will break the 4 milli-
on TEU mark for the first time.
(dü) Despite difficult political condi- we expect double-digit growth for for dispatch, so that at times we had
tions, the global economy has shown container handling and will break the to cease operations at these termi-
stronger development in 2017 than 4 million TEU mark for the first time,“ nals,“ Staake reports. While the pri-
expected at the beginning of the year. explains Erich Staake, Chief Executive mary cause for the dispatching prob-
According to shipping analyst Drewry, Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG. lems in Antwerp was the relocation of
the volume of loaded dispatched con- a number of terminals from the inner
tainers in international container ship- Record result despite dispatching port area to new sites on the lower
ping may exceed the 200 million TEU problems in the seaports Scheldt, the terminals at Maasvlakte II
mark this year for the first time. Sharp The record result in container handling in Rotterdam still have problems star-
increases were registered in North is also gratifying because there were ting up the fully automatic control for
America, Latin America, and China, considerable, repeated delays throug- the crane systems. „We are satisfied
with Europe clearly lagging behind. hout the year in the dispatching of with our involvement in the DP World
duisport can also expect solid growth inland waterway vessels and trains in Terminal in the Deurganckdok in Ant-
for the whole of 2017. „While the over- the container terminals in Rotterdam werp. The good management ensures
all cargo handling volume in the ports and Antwerp. „Some of our direct rail satisfactory performance. Currently,
of Duisburg increased by 4 percent, connections waited two or three days new areas for the dispatching of
4 duisportmagazin 2/2017
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inland waterways vessels are in deve- lements on the part of customers with August, Staake pointed out the prob-
lopment, allowing the capacity to be new loading potential.“ lem to NRW Minster of Transport Hen-
increased to 2.5 million TEU per year. drik Wüst, demanding stricter weight
Our main customer is the largest ship- But there are also projects underway controls before the Rhine bridges. The
ping company alliance, the ‚Ocean Alli- in the existing container terminals in NRW roads authority subsequently
ance,‘ to whom we provide daily rail the Port of Duisburg that are expan- carried out truck weighing at the A40
and inland waterway vessel connec- ding capacities by creating additio- bridge near Duisburg and, within 30
tions from Duisburg,“ explains Staake. nal areas and crane facilities, which hours, discovered 100 overloaded
Staake views as a permanent task: trucks that exceeded the permitted
Growth prospects for Rotterdam „At logport I, we can expand the five- total weight of 44 tons or the per-
For the long term, the Duisburg port hectare D3T terminal by an additional mitted axle load of 11.5 tons, some of
head sees strong potential for growth reserve area of four hectares, which them considerably. In 2018, an auto-
in Rotterdam: „The new terminals at was previously used for automobile matic truck scale is to be installed on
Maasvlakte II have an excellent nau- handling. And we have also purchased the bridge that will detect overloa-
tical location and enjoy significant areas at logport III in Hohenbudberg ded vehicles, diverting them through
competitive advantages over Ham- to allow further growth and increased a gate before the bridge. „This initia-
burg thanks to their direct location train frequencies at this bimodal ter- tive shows that the new state govern-
on water deep enough for seafaring minal. In total, the different develop- ment is responding to practical propo-
vessels and above all to their good ment and expansion projects will give sals and is employing strict measures
connections to the hinterland via the the duisport Group a container hand- to protect infrastructure facilities until
Betuwe line and the Rhine. While the ling capacity of over 5 million TEU, so new bridges are completed. Ten out
ports in the Hamburg-Le Harve range that we should be well equipped for of twelve Rhine bridges in NRW have
can expect an overall growth of five future growth. been damaged by decades of overloa-
percent in 2017, the terminals in Rot- ding. Only consistent controls carried
terdam will see an increase of over Overloaded trucks damage Rhine out by the police and the Federal Office
ten percent and thus enter the dou- bridges for Goods Transport (BAG) can prevent
ble digits. Once the teething troubles A core element of intermodal trans- additional bridges from having to be
experienced by the handling techno- port is the shift of container and trailer permanently blocked for truck traffic,
logy in the new terminals have been traffic in the main run from the road to as in Leverkusen”, says Staake.
remedied, Rotterdam will be able to the rails and inland waterways and the
continue to expand its market share reduction of truck transport to the last Container handling growing more
considerably. And we are able to profit mile in pre-carriage and onward carri- rapidly than general and bulk cargo
from this in Duisburg, too!“ age. In order to ensure that containers According to Staake, the share of con-
with a total weight of up to 30 tons can tainer handling in overall handling,
Settlement projects and investments also be accepted at the port terminals which already amounts to more than
generate growth without difficulties, the carriers are 50 percent at the ports of Duisburg,
For the coming year, Staake expects allowed to increase of the total weight will continue to increase in the future:
consolidation at the level achieved: „In of trucks used for delivery from 40 to „20 years ago – as was typical of a
January, the new Daimler-Benz facility 44 tons. „This rule is abused again and mining location like Duisburg – steel,
on the Mercatorinsel will go into pro- again in seaport hinterland transport coal and ore had a share of 75 percent
duction, from which we can expect to carry out container transports with of the handling volume. Today, it is less
slight volume growth. The areas at a total weight of 44 tons or more enti- than 20 percent. In the past 20 years,
logport IV in Kamp-Lintfort and log- rely by road without the use of ship- or the main driver of growth was inter-
port V in Oberhausen are totally mar- rail based transport. Moreover, special modal transport, which has experi-
keted. We will start with marketing semitrailers with a total weight of 60 enced a growth rate of 600 percent,
in Lülsdorf in spring 2018. Additional tons or more are used in cross-border above all thanks to the strong develop-
settlement projects, such as logport traffic, especially in the Netherlands, ment in the chemical and mineral oil
VI in Walsum, will only generate addi- which has contributed considerably to sectors. In 2017 too, steel handling has
tional container volumes starting in wear problems on the Rhine bridges in increased by 100,000 tons, but only
2019. Here a new container terminal NRW,“ complains Staake. part of the steel landed at the duisport
for trimodal utilization is being deve- terminals as spillover volumes, the
loped over an area of 40 ha, which In response to an extended block of majority being loaded at Duisburg pri-
gives us the capacity for further sett- the Duisburg Rhine bridge A40 in vate commercial ports.“
duisportmagazin 2/2017 5
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volume is 20 percent above the target
figure, and we also expect additional
revenue growth in the year to come,“
as Staake reports.
The growth market of China
Erich Staake sees additional prospects
for growth in rail traffic with China.
duisport supports the Chinese govern-
ment in its plans to expand the New
Silk Road by concluding joint develop-
ment projects for the construction of
© Hans Blossey
railports and logistics hubs along the
route. „We currently operate 25 trains
per week between Duisburg and China,
and we expect additional growth for
2018, as well. The dispatching of trains
In Walsum on logport VI area, a new container terminal for trimodal utilizati- in the Duisburg terminals is a major
on is being developed over an area of 40 ha. challenge for those involved, as train
delays are the order of the day due
The energy transition brings a prospect for the long-term utilization to bottlenecks on the route – such as
structural transformation in cargo of this site.“ on the border between Poland and
handling Belarus. „In Minsk, Belarus, the lar-
The effects of the German energy The employment trend in the field of gest industrial and logistics park in
policy and the replacement of coal- industrial packaging has also been the world is currently being built with
fired power stations by renewable welcome. „German machine and the participation of duisport. During
energy sources are a matter of con- plant manufacturers are well emplo- our negotiations with the Belarusian
cern for Staake: „20 years ago, Duis- yed thank to new overseas projects, Government, we have introduced the
burg was the largest coal export port which makes itself known to us in the idea of constructing a second rail cros-
in Germany. Today, it‘s the largest form of new orders in contract logis- sing into Poland, which would help
coal import port in our country, offe- tics. With the end of the year, the order to reduce the running times of the
ring traders and power station opera-
tors a wide range of logistics services.
duisport acquires Bohnen Logistik
This year, a series of older coal-fired
power stations were closed down in (klü) With the contract signing on Bohnen Logistik complement our pro-
NRW and other German states. The Tuesday, 12 December, Duisburger duct portfolio in an excellent way”,
consumption quantities no longer Hafen AG (duisport) and the freight says Erich Staake Chief Executive
required could not be compensa- company Bohnen Logistik have placed Officer of duisport.
ted by volume demands among the their long-standing business and per-
state-of-the-art coal-fired power sta- sonal relationships on a new footing. With its 150 employees, Bohnen Logis-
tions recently put into operation. We duisport has acquired the third-gene- tik generates annual sales revenues of
therefore currently support the con- ration medium-sized company from EUR 25 million. The freight company
solidation of the coal handling areas Niederkrüchten in connection with a will continue to operate in two com-
in the Duisport port region and have succession planning process. panies and under its current name.
taken over areas and handling facili-
ties no longer needed by a number of Bohnen Logistik processes large volu- “Through this purchase, we are assis-
terminal operators that we can now mes of goods through the Port of ting this established family company
market in other ways. At the same Duisburg. Working with duisport, the with the success planning process.
time, we have also increased our capi- company has already developed and We are pleased that Jürgen Bohnen
tal share in the state-of-the-art bulk expanded an integrated logistics con- will continue to be active in an execu-
cargo terminal Masslog to 50 percent cept for one important customer for tive management role in the future,”
and have been able to acquire a new a number of years. “The activities of says Staake.
major customer there, giving us a
6 duisportmagazin 2/2017
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China trains by 2 to 3 days.“ In order to Despite a variety of project inqui- us to develop interesting projects.
advance this project on the Polish side, ries from throughout the world, Erich With investments of Chinese part-
as well, Staake recently hired a renow- Staake wants the duisport Group to ners at the Duisburg site, we will also
ned expert from Poland. „The Chinese concentrate in the future on the deve- strengthen our region and open up
government wants to triple rail traffic lopment of East-West traffic: „The new market opportunities in the Far
with Europe in the next three years. New Silk Road, the project of the cen- East for industrial, trade, and logistics
If this ambitious goal is to become a tury, will turn the world of logistics companies based here,“ Erich Staake
reality, we have to work together to upside down and offer us and our cus- concludes.
bring about a significant reduction in tomers a wide variety of new business
train running times, which can only be opportunities. Cosco and the China
achieved if all the known bottlenecks Merchants Group are long-standing,
on the more than 9,000 km route are reliable cooperation partners who
eliminated,“ Staake is certain. value our expertise and work with
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duisportmagazin 2/2017 7
THE PORT » STARTPORT
duisport launches
© duisport/krischerfotografie
startport innovation platform
Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG, and North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Economic
Affairs and Digitalization, Andreas Pinkwart, together at startport’s opening ceremony.
(klü) At the end of October Duisbur- sible. The ideas generated by young develop their ideas into a business
ger Hafen AG (duisport) has launched start-ups can help with this process,” model.
its “startport” innovation platform. said duisport‘s Chief Executive Officer
Covering an area of 550 square meters Erich Staake at startport’s opening After the end of the year, duisport
in the creative surroundings of the ceremony, which were attended by and its exclusive partners Klöckner &
Werhahnmühle in Duisburg‘s inte- North-Rhine Westphalia’s industry Co, Evonik and the Initiativkreis Ruhr
rior port, it offers start-up companies minister Andreas Pinkwart. would have the option of investing in
an opportunity to develop innovative the start-ups. The partners are mem-
logistics solutions. “The Port of Duis- Apply now bers of the startport GmbH advisory
burg, as the leading hub of central Interested start-ups can now apply board, and are also involved in deci-
Europe, and many companies in the for a spot in the startport program at ding which start-ups will be admitted
region face the significant challenge www.startport.net. If accepted, they into the program. In addition, duisport
of permanently optimizing their logi- will be able to use the infrastructure and the exclusive partners may also
stics activities. Industry and logistics and workshops of startport free or place their own project teams working
must be connected as much as pos- charge over a period of one year and on logistics innovations in the start-
8 duisportmagazin 2/2017
THE PORT » STARTPORT
port premises. Besides the exclusive
partners, the project is also supported
by Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hoch-
schule Rhein-Waal, Deutsche Bank,
the Fraunhofer Institut and Roland
Berger. They offer workshops on digiti-
zation issues in startport for the start-
ups and the other partners of the
innovation platform. “By becoming a
meeting place for young companies
and practitioners from industry and
science, startport is a lively place of
© fotolia
exchange and creativity. It will become
an incubator for innovations in logis-
tics,” says Erich Staake.
One young company that has deve- Covering an area of 550 square meters in the creative surroundings of the
loped innovative software for optimi- Werhahnmühle in the Innenhafen Duisburg, it offers start-up companies an
zing crane controls and warehouse opportunity to develop innovative logistics solutions.
strategies in container terminals has
already been accepted into the start- mitment of strong partners to start-
port program. port. The new innovation platform
in the world‘s largest inland port will
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of continue to strengthen North-Rhine
Economic Affairs and Digitalization, Westphalia as a location for start-up
Andreas Pinkwart, said: “In this region, companies. We wish nothing but suc-
the logistics industry is the third-lar- cess to the start-ups that will make the
gest economic sector after the retail logistics chain even more intelligent in
and automotive industry. On our way the future with digitization, automa-
to Logistics 4.0, we welcome the com- tion and modern traffic concepts.
duisportmagazin 2/2017 9
THE PORT » CLIMATE PROTECTION
Pioneer in Climate Protection
© Hans Blossey
Proceed with a good example: Sustainability is an important topic for the Port of Duisburg.
(gran) The port of Duisburg is star- These perform a model function when trol system in the port. Together with
ting cooperation with partners in the it comes to reducing greenhouse the energy provider Innogy, duisport
industry, such as Siemens, RWE and gases, expanding the use of renewa- is developing innovative concepts for
Innogy on the topic of sustainability. ble energies and adapting to climate the generation of solar energy in areas
„After all we cannot do everything our- change. Duisburger Hafen AG laun- surrounding the port and the use of
selves, but we want to proceed with a ched their own energy and climate electromobility. An LNG infrastruc-
good example, take charge of resour- protection concept, in cooperation ture (Liquified Natural Gas) with bun-
ces and take over a pioneering role“, with the University of Duisburg-Essen. kers and distribution station should
said Lars Nennhaus, Manager of Sus- In addition to sustainable mobility, be built in cooperation with RWE. “For
tainability Affairs of Duisburger Hafen relocating traffic from the streets to all projects we can report progress“,
AG and responsible for company deve- rail and inland waterway transport, according to Lars Nennhaus.
lopment. optimization of transport chains and
development of industrial sectors Travel times and alternative routes
The main shareholder of Duisbur- (Brownfield Development), also the This expands the traffic management
ger Hafen AG is the state of North proper projects with partners from the system directly to other parts of the
Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). As such the industry belong to this, where techni- port. So far time traffic flow collec-
company belongs to the „other pub- cal innovation plays a decisive role. For tion and dynamic sign systems were
lic authorities“ targeted in Paragraph example, duisport works with Siemens installed on logport I in Duisburg-
5 of the Climate Protection Law NRW. on the implementation of a traffic con- Rheinhausen. Now more components
10 duisportmagazin 2/2017THE PORT » CLIMATE PROTECTION
their own electric cars for the start.
„We aren‘t starting here with the ins-
tallation of a charging infrastructure
in the port“, emphasizes Lars Nenn-
haus. This is only an internal pilot trial
of the duisport Group. The port ope-
rator will correspondingly equip their
vehicle fleet in the commercial area.
Eight electric vehicles should be pro-
cured by 2019. For the years 2020 to
2021 duisport plans the installation of
© Frank Reinhold
an additional two to four charging sta-
tions to meet the growing demand.
Organic solar film
Another hot topic in cooperation with
With the traffic management system travel times are recorded and alternati- Innogy is the decentralized supply of
ve routes are transmitted via the information signs to the truck drivers. electricity, heat and efficient energy
use to logistics properties. New energy
should be set up in Ruhrort. The traf- drive. However, duisport now wants concepts should be tested, such as the
fic management system includes the to equip two terminal vehicles with it, use of organic solar film on roofs and
road network all around the locations. in order to promote a corresponding especially facades for which conven-
Travel times are recorded and alterna- infrastructure in the port. „Together tional photovoltaic modules are not
tive routes transmitted via the infor- with RWE we will start with the use of suitable. The ultra-light films were
mation signs to the truck drivers. Thus LNG in the port“, says Lars Nennhaus. developed by Innogy-holding Heliatek
they continually receive updated infor- The funding request has already been out of Dresden. „We also want to start
mation in order to decide on the most made and now is currently in the final with this in the coming year“, accor-
favorable route. „In this manner we test phase. Investments are running ding to Lars Nennhaus.
can react to current traffic problems into over a half-million euros. The kick-
and if necessary reroute the traffic“, off for the test operation is planned for Also the use of heat pumps, which
explained Lars Nennhaus. Along with mid-2018. In fact, property for a statio- use water from the Rheine as ambi-
this an app for using the system on a nary LNG filling station (directly on the ent warmth, and intelligent LED light
smartphone is being tested. The over- oil island) has been identified. Howe-
arching goal is the implementation of ver a mobile refueling system should
the „Intermodal Hub Control” vision, first be brought into use, which sup-
which is a digital, automated access plies their own vehicles and local car-
and flow control of traffic in the port. riers as needed. Meetings with poten-
tial customers should be carried out
LNG infrastructure parallel to this, to continue promoting
Together with RWE the port of Duis- the topic and to generate increasing
burg wants to build a local LNG in- demand.
frastructure at the port. LNG is natu-
ral gas that is converted to liquefied In the coming year duisport will also
gas through strong cooling down. It install the first charging stations
© Tim Deussen, Berlin
is considered more environmentally for electric vehicles in the port. „We
friendly than other fuels, since sulfur want to first install four of these sta-
oxide and fine dust emissions can be tions, each with two charging ports
reduced by almost 100 percent and at two locations“, reports Lars Nenn-
nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 to 90 haus. duisport is working with Innogy
percent. Nevertheless so far its use on this. However, the power char-
has been rather limited. Up to this ging stations are accessible for ser- New energy concepts should be tes-
time in Germany only a few trucks, vice vehicles of the duisport Group, ted, such as the use of organic solar
ships or trains are in transit with LNG employees and duisport guests with film on roofs and especially facades.
duisportmagazin 2/2017 11THE PORT » CLIMATE PROTECTION
control will be tested. Such a smart the port in order to reduce the use of
lighting concept is already implemen- marine diesel in the port. The goal of
ted and an existing property of the this is to guarantee a power supply to
duisport Group is appropriately equip- the ships with decentrally generated
ped. „Through this we can immedia- current.
tely achieve savings and lower energy
consumption“, reports Lars Nennhaus. In order to use areas around existing
In the next step this model should logistics properties that are not logi-
also be introduced and offered to cus- stically usable, the cooperation came
tomers. up with something especially clever:
the leasing of free areas for the ins-
Furthermore, it should be tested in tallation of photovoltaic systems in
what way the energy supply can be the external area, so-to-speak for the
optimally ensured to ships docked in green space around the corner.
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New EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr
logistics center
© krischerfotografie
At the press conference (f. l. t. r.): Markus Teuber (Spokesman of the logport ruhr GmbH Management Board), Erich
Staake (Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG), Thomas Kerkenhoff (Managing Director for Logistics at
EDEKA Handelsgesellschaft Rhein-Ruhr mbH) and Oberhausen Lord Mayor Daniel Schranz.
In the future, the central shipment and at times very difficult. I would and secure thousands of workplaces
warehouse for EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr will like to thank all of the participants while hard coal mining is preparing
be operating from Oberhausen Wald- for ensuring that the negotiations its final exit,” states port head Erich
teich, another logport areal. A state- resulted in a successful outcome,” Staake.
of-the-art warehouse with 290,000 said Oberhausen Lord Mayor Daniel
square meters and approximately Schranz. “It is a joyful day for our city. Oberhausen will start the citizen par-
1,000 workplaces will be built at this The new location and workplaces are ticipation process in preparation for
location. EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr secured very important not just to the area the site development plan. EDEKA
this parcel, which was previously used but also for the dynamic growth of Rhine-Ruhr expects that construction
by RAG as a national coke and coal the city.” can still begin in 2018, subject to a
storage location, from logport ruhr positive site development plan deci-
GmbH, a joint venture of RAG Mon- Structural transformation process on sion by the Oberhausen City Council
tan Immobilien GmbH and Duisbur- the Ruhr and a building permit issued in 2018.
ger Hafen AG; the purchase is subject Projects such as “logport V” in Ober- EDEKA expects that construction will
to final committee decisions. logport hausen play a key role in the success take about 24 months.
ruhr GmbH is currently preparing the of the structural transformation pro-
parcel for use. cess on the Ruhr. “They strengthen 20,000 items a day
Germany as a place of trade and a “The new logistics center will play a
“The negotiations were complicated, logistics location. And they create central role in supplying the almost
duisportmagazin 2/2017 13THE PORT » EDEKA LOGISTICS CENTER
1,000 EDEKA, MARKTKAUF and Trink-
gut markets in the Rhine-Ruhr region.
© duisport/Hans Blossey
This will enable future growth in
the company,” says Thomas Kerken-
hoff, Managing Director for Logis-
tics at EDEKA Handelsgesellschaft
Rhein-Ruhr mbH. The location will
handle around 20,000 items a day.
in EDEKA’s view, the connection of
the new warehouse location to the
nearby A3 autobahn is one of the
benefits offered by the Waldteich
parcel. The warehouse is accessed via
a separate road, which will run paral-
lel to the authobahn. This means no
additional stress will be added to city
roads. At the Oberhausen Waldteich location a state-of-the-art warehouse will be
build.
About the EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr
© krischerfotografie
group of companies
Together with its independent
dealers, the EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr
group of companies operates 677
full-range supermarkets under
the brands EDEKA and Marktkauf,
247 beverage markets (mostly
under the brand trinkgut), as well
as Fleischhof Rasting and Bäcke-
rei Büsch (as at: 31 December
2016). In the 2016 business year,
the company generated EUR 4.3
billion in sales revenues. With the
approximately 40,000 emplo-
“The new logistics center will enable future growth in the company,” says yees of its independent dealers,
Thomas Kerkenhoff, Managing Director for Logistics at EDEKA Handelsgesell- EDEKA Rhine-Ruhr is one of the
schaft Rhein-Ruhr mbH. largest employers and educatio-
nal facilities in North-Rhine West-
phalia and in parts of the neigh-
boring regions of Lower Saxony
and Rheinland-Pfalz. More than
800,000 customers daily rely on
the freshness, quality and diver-
sity offered by EDEKA.
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Ranking of container handling
volumes
© Hans Blossey
duisport moves up to 36th place among the world‘s largest ports.
(klü) The Port of Duisburg ranks 36th “The ranking highlights our steadily
among the world‘s largest ports. With increasing importance as the most
a container handling volume of 3.7 important logistics hub in central
million TEU in 2016, duisport moved Europe,” says duisport Chief Execu-
up two places compared to 2015. That tive Officer Erich Staake.
is the result of the ranking just pub-
lished by the international magazine
“Container Management”.
trust in experience
duisport is the only inland port in the
Top 100 group, and one of three Ger-
man ports. Only the two sea ports
Hamburg (17th place) and Bremerha-
ven (26th place) handled more con-
tainers in 2016.
Tel.: +49 201 / 85 334-0 - Mail: essen@landogmbh.de - eurasiatransports.com
Compared to the rest of Europe,
duisport is still ahead of the Italian
and French ports.
LTL/FTL HAZARDOUS GROUPAGE HEAVY HAULAGE SCHEDULED HIGH
TRANSPORTS GOODS FREIGHT TRANSPORTS DELIVERY DATE SECURITY LOGISTICS
duisportmagazin 2/2017 15NETWORK » ACTOS
First start-up in the „startport“
In addition to the premises, startport offers workshops and forums for the entrepreneurs.
(gran) The port of Duisburg, together ups should „incubate“ innovations the region are faced with a large chal-
with partners, is ready to launch with in teamwork with established com- lenge to permanently optimize their
an incubator as the nucleus for logis- panies and develop business models logistics. Industry and trade must
tic innovations. Young entrepreneurs, from them. „In addition to the premi- be optimally networked for this. The
especially from the IT sector, should be ses, we offer workshops and forums ideas of young start-ups can help us
funded with the „startport“ innova- for this for the entrepreneurs. And last with this“, according to Erich Staake.
tion platform. With ACTOS (Advanced but not least, we also provide contacts Therefore also preferably topics
Container Terminal Operation System) to potential investors and customers“, should be handled that bring bene-
the first start-up is currently moving explained Johannes Franke, Head of fits to the „exclusive partners“ of the
into premises leased for them in his- Support & Events of startport GmbH startport. These are, in addition to
toric Werhahnmühle in the Duisburg and employee in the Company Deve- duisport, the steel distributor Klöck-
Innenhafen (inner harbor). „ACTOS is lopment area of the duisport Group. ner & Co, the chemical company Evo-
a spin-off from the University of Wup- Of course the IT entrepreneur ambi- nik and the Ruhr initiative circle with
pertal, which is concerned with the ance is also right for this: foosball table more companies. „We assume that
optimization of software for contai- and lounge area are available. Today this circle will expand further“, says
ner crane facilities and container ter- the inner harbor is an office and lei- Erich Staake. The partners are mem-
minals“, explained company founder sure location with numerous restau- bers of the advisory board of startport
Christian Trumpp (37). The project is rants and museums and thus offers a GmbH and take part in the decisions
funded by duisport. comfortable atmosphere for young IT of start-ups in the program. They can
entrepreneurs. also delegate their own project teams
„Startport has found an attractive in the startport areas. In addition the
work environment in the previous Future viability of logistics University of Duisburg-Essen, Hoch-
Werhahnmühle“, according to Chief „This is nothing less than the future schule Rhein-Waal in Kleve, Deutsche
Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen viability of logistics“, emphasized Bank, the Fraunhofer Institut IML and
AG, Erich Staake, on the occasion of Erich Staake, not least in light of the Roland Berger belong in the network.
the opening of the start-up center. challenges of digitalization. „The port „This network and also the coaching
There on the 500 square meter area of Duisburg, as leading logistic hub opportunities convinced us to join in
on the sixth and seventh floor, Start- in Europe, and many companies in startport“, confirms Christian Trumpp.
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The business administration gradu-
ate had the business idea and is the
founder of ACTOS. Rudolf Bauer (34)
and David Bachtenkirch (30) along
with two computer scientists and pro-
grammers belong to his team. At this
time they are looking for another pro-
grammer. All team members work as
scientific employees or PhD students
at the chair for Information Systems
and Operation Research (WINFOR)
of the University of Wuppertal under
the guidance of Prof. Stefan Bock or
were active there. The institute has a
key role in the development. The star-
ting point was a research project that
should test whether it is possible to With ACTOS the first start-up is moving into the startport office.
create the flow in a container termi-
nal more efficiently through real-time sequences, so-called blind lifts occur are approximately 40 container ter-
capable controls. which are inefficient and cost inten- minals.
sive. Many relocations may be neces-
Christian Trumpp got the idea for the sary. These must now be reduced Use infrastructure and workshops
new product during his work for a logi- through optimized planning. In addi- free of charge
stic provider in the Leverkusen Chem- tion it must be noticed that the order Other entrepreneurs can immedia-
park. In the container terminal the data can change in the course of a day. tely apply for a place in the startport
large number of cost-intensive empty program. „Depending on the strength
lifts of the container crane caused hea- Real-time capable optimization of each team we can offer four to five
daches. In addition, last minute chan- software start-ups a place at the same time“,
ges in the order data or inconsistencies „We now offer real-time capable opti- says Johannes Franke of startport.
in the planning data caused more pro- mization software for minimizing There have already been meetings
blems. The goal of the research project the energy and cost intensive crane held with another candidate. With
was to solve these complex logistical movements for this“, stated Christian successful acceptance the start-ups
challenges with the aid of mathema- Trumpp. For improved warehousing can use the infrastructure and work-
tic optimization methods and modern the retention time of the container shops of startport for a year free of
software technology. „Our vision is the is forecast during this using data charge. After the year is up there is the
automated container terminal in the from the past. The software is desi- option for duisport and the „exclusive
inland ports and in terminals in the gned as adaptive controls, which partners“ to invest in the start-ups. For
hinterland“, said Christian Trumpp. can react in real time to unexpected example, Klöckner has set up its own
While automation of the terminals changes through quick replanning of venture capital funds for this. Up until
in the large sea ports has long been a the routines. The offer is planned as now the company has mainly been
reality, as a rule significantly smaller Cloud-Service and can be docked via engaged in the entrepreneur scene in
inland ports and hinterland terminals the web onto the existing warehouse Berlin. „However North Rhein-West-
still lack such special IT technology management system. In the existing phalia also has a great deal of poten-
– also in the eight container termi- software there is no intervention in a tial, if certain niches are concentrated
nals in the port of Duisburg. Because, container terminal. „With this solu- on, for example logistics“, according to
while in sea ports the main concern is tion a good one-third of the reloca- Christian Prokropp, Managing Director
a fast transshipment, which is „easier“ tions can be saved – at least the tests of kloeckner.i GmbH at the occasion of
to master with software technology, showed this“, said Christian Trumpp. the opening. „Logistics is a huge topic
in the inland ports the main focus is Soon the first field trial will start start for us as a steel distributor“, he said.
storage and reduction of crane move- in a terminal in Duisburg. During this Already today Klöckner gains 15 per-
ments. This is because crane move- the product should be brought up cent of the group revenue from digital
ments incur very high costs. Especially to market readiness. The market is channels. By 2020 it should be more
with unfavorable storage and retrieval large: In the Rhein-Ruhr region there than 50 percent.
duisportmagazin 2/2017 17NETWORK » CUSTOMER CONTACT JOURNEY
The 2017 duisport customer contact
© SUT Archiv
journey to Gothenburg and Oslo
The MS KVITNOS and the MS KVITBJORN operated by the Norwegian shipping company Nor Lines are the first LNG-
driven feeder vessels and call at the Port of Gothenburg regularly.
(dü) Gothenburg, the largest export Sweden is one of the most important handled was just under 800,000 TEU.
port in Scandinavia on the west coast trade fair locations in Europe and home Moreover, Gothenburg is an important
of Sweden, and the Norwegian capital to banks and insurance companies. The railway hub joining the main connec-
of Oslo with the country‘s largest port founding of such companies as SKF tions from Oslo, Stockholm, Malmö,
were the destinations of this year‘s (1906) was an important step for the and Copenhagen.
customer contact journey made by industrial growth of the city. In 1926,
duisport and Duisburg-based port and the rolling bearing manufacturer also Daily direct connections between
logistics service providers. A delegation began with the production of automo- Gothenburg and Duisburg
from Duisburg was hosted in Gothen- biles under the name Volvo. Today, the For an audience comprising the lea-
burg as early as ten years ago. Since automobile manufacturer is the most ding representatives of Swedish and
then, relations between the Scandina- important industrial company in the international logistics companies, Erich
vian region and the largest inland port region. Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duis-
in Europe has been intensified – not burger Hafen AG, presented Duisburg
least thanks to new ship and rail con- Ferry ships run from the port of Gothen- as the largest hub in Central Europe
nections. burg, which is ice-free throughout the with an annual total of 20,000 ship
Not only shipping, shipyards, automo- year, to Frederikshavn, Denmark, and arrivals and 25,000 dispatched trains:
bile factories, and oil refineries charac- Kiel. In 2016, the port registered a hand- „Daily direct connections between
terize the economy of Gothenburg, but ling volume of just under 41 million Gothenburg and Duisburg allow our
also the machine, steel, iron, and textile tons of goods, among them 250,000 partners in Scandinavia to build up new
industries. The second largest city in vehicles. The amount of containers intermodal connections on the basis of
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regular combined transport train rou- Expansion projects manufacturer MAN Cryo. „Three ship-
tes to over 80 destinations in Europe Claes Sundmark, Vice President of the ping lines arrive regularly at the Port
and Asia. On the now 25 weekly unit Port of Gothenburg, presented a num- of Gothenburg with LNG-driven feeder
train connections to multiple destina- ber of expansion projects. For example, vessels,“ says Claes Sundmark.
tions in China, e.g. Beijing, Wuhan, and a new inland water transport route
Shanghai, with transit times of 12 to 20 to Vänern, Sweden‘s largest lake, has In Oslo, the program offered to the tra-
days, single containers can be booked been started for hinterland container vel group included a tour of the harbor
at affordable conditions. The trains transport. In addition, the construction and of the city. Almost 50 percent of
represent an attractive alternative to of a new intermodal terminal at the the Norwegian population lives in Gre-
air freight transport.“ port is in full swing. The first section is ater Oslo. For years now, the port has
Henk van Dieren, CEO of the Dutch for- scheduled to be opened at the end of been undergoing a redesign in order to
warding company Samskip van Dieren 2017. The second construction phase is satisfy the growing need for residen-
Multimodal, reported that Sweden is planned for completion and commissi- tial space and handling capacities. The
currently the most important destina- oning in 2019. Three 630-meter tracks Sjursøya Container Terminal currently
tion of the the Group. „In the past, eve- and four 420-meter tracks will be under development will become the
rything used to run via ship and truck, available for dispatch. „This allows us country‘s largest container transship-
but ten years ago we started with to further expand the intermodal con- ment center. The facility will increase
combined rail transports between the nection of Scandinavian destinations, the handling capacity of the port to
Ruhr region and Sweden and today we which currently include 25 daily com- 450,000 TEU. In addition to the con-
operate 9,000 trains per year on this bined rail connections,“ explains Claes tainer terminal, spaces are also being
route.“ According to van Dieren, the Sundmark. Another project under con- created at the new port location for
Samskip network consists of short sea struction is a bunker terminal for LNG the handling of mineral oil products,
shipping, inland waterway transport, ships, which is equipped with techno- cement, recycled goods, and new vehic-
and train and truck transport. „This logy from the German fuel gas system les.
July, Samskip took over the Norwegian
container-feeder shipping company
Nor Lines AS with an annual revenue of
€ 110 million in order to boost ship and
rail-based intermodal activities in Scan-
dinavia,“ as Henk van Dieren reports.
The annual revenue of the group of
companies now lies at over € 1 billion.
Additional acquisitions are in planning.
According to van Dieren, the key ele-
ment of the Samskip van Dieren net-
work for continental European inter-
modal transport is the Samskip
Multimodal Rail Terminal in Hohen-
budberg. „The terminal has an area of
175,000 square meters on which we
can dispatch seven 720 meter long
unit trains with containers and trai-
lers simultaneously using two gan-
try cranes and three reach stackers.
The annual capacity is 300,000 units.“
As Henk van Dieren explains further:
„Here we use our own trains to connect
© Dünner
Northern Europe to Southern and Wes-
tern Europe and can make use of sche-
duled train connections to 80 additio-
nal locations in Europe and Asia thanks
to the eight intermodal terminals in The program in Oslo included a port tour as well as a visit to the unique Vige-
the Port of Duisburg.“ land Sculpture Park.
duisportmagazin 2/2017 19IN FOCUS » IHK SURVEY
© duisport/Rolf Köppen
Lack of parking space for trucks
in and around Duisburg
There is a lack of parking space for trucks in and around Duisburg - therefore the IHK recently presented a survey of the
Lower Rhein and developed recommendations for solving the problem.
(gran) In view of the growing freight Therefore IHK, in coordination with the originator of the problem, but on this
traffic, the lack of parking places for University of Duisburg-Essen, recently topic we are all asked to work together
trucks is increasingly becoming more presented a survey of the Lower Rhein and improve the situation. This means
of a problem for logistics locations and developed recommendations for we also do something for the quality
such as the port of Duisburg. „No par- solving the problem. Here the focus of our logistics location“, added Mar-
king space burdens drivers, makes the is on aspects such as safety for the kus Bangen.
planning of delivery times more dif- driver and cargo, efficient control of
ficult and, depending on the loaded traffic and expectations of drivers, Traffic management system per app
goods, can also be a safety risk for the companies and the population. „It is For example, the port of Duisburg is
cargo“, said Ocke Hamann, Managing important for us to find common solu- working together with Siemens on a
Director of Niederrheinischen IHK tions with our customers and various traffic management system per app.
Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve, describing the actors locally“, as quoted from Markus The Integrated Truck Guidance is cur-
situation. There is always frustration Bangen, member of the Management rently being tested in a pilot operation
about trucks parking illegally in resi- Board of Duisburger Hafen AG, in the between Ruhrort/Kaßlerfeld and log-
dential and commercial areas. Trucks study „Controlling stationary traffic port I in Rheinhausen. In the long term
that are waiting for their processing properly“. „Because problems regar- a parking management system should
or drivers taking their breaks require ding parked trucks naturally come also be implemented and the system
space where they can park and relax. back to us. Here there is not only one expanded to the entire port area. The
20 duisportmagazin 2/2017IN FOCUS » IHK SURVEY
drivers will then be informed automa-
tically via an app about available par- Thyssen Krupp Steel
king spots. Thyssen Krupp Steel, with its steel- for their processing. There they can
works and own port facilities in Duis- press their gate pass on a self-service
According to the study, truck drivers burg, is a pioneer in modernization terminal or also overnight there. In
in Duisburg essentially have three and digitization of the development the long-term the gate development
options for parking: in private com- process on factory gates. An overflow and traffic management should be
pany parking lots, in parking bays and or pregate parking lot with 37 parking possible via an app. The parking lot
on shoulders along the public streets spots was already built near the fac- will have sanitary facilities and ven-
outside of residential areas and prohi- tory in Bruckhausen. It will be integ- ding machines and secured with
bited parking zones, as well as at the rated into a new traffic management fence and gates. There will be no
privately run truck stop Schlütershof and gate development system, so usage fees. Therefore the parking
in Kaßlerfeld. The study shows that that trucks arriving early or delayed lot is only intended for suppliers and
this is too little. In Schlütershof alone are detoured there and can wait customers.
up to 130 trucks come on night-time
peak periods and weekends for 100
parking spots. Also 10 to 20 trucks Hot spots in Rheinhausen the city of Duisburg on a 1400 square
regularly park on the side of the road According to the study, truck dri- meter brownfield. Flyers translated
nearby. While mainly non-local drivers vers find on the logport.I premises in into seven languages informed the
park on and around the truck stop, in Rheinhausen around 170 parking bays drivers of the rules of use. According
the surrounding industrial areas up with a length of at least 20 meters to the study, investments and opera-
to 50 percent are local drivers who along the public streets. The areas are ting costs are a low six-figure amount.
park their cars there during the day used intensively. Hotspots are in the The parking lot is fenced, guarded and
and their trucks and trailers overnight side streets, especially on Kopenha- equipped with toilets and shower faci-
and on weekends. 40 percent are Eas- gener, Rotterdamer, Hamburger, Mar- lities. Previously there were problems
tern European drivers who also sleep seiller Straße and at the south end with trucks parking and camping.
there. However, these areas are not of Bliersheimer Straße. However, the However, the parking bays and indivi-
designed for this. There are no gar- parking bays there are not designed dual company parking lots along Dah-
bage cans and no sanitary facilities. for a truck, so that the parked trucks lingstraße and on the side streets are
The result: the parked trucks hinder protrude into the sidewalks or driving still heavily in demand on weekends.
through traffic. Representatives of lanes. This leads to problems in the Mainly drivers with semitrailers, who
local companies point out that the oncoming traffic, especially on Rot- cannot use the tractor unit parking
trucks have too little room for onco- terdamer Straße. Freight companies lot, park there. Along with the incre-
ming traffic and this regularly cau- report minor accidents and damaged ased control, adapted signs and mar-
ses minor accidents and in rare cases exterior mirrors. For the many that king, blockades also ensure that grass
even serious ones with injuries. Also park on nights and weekends there strips can no longer be driven over.
there are reports of blocked entran- are also no sanitary infrastructure Furthermore, additional trash cans
ces and streets as well as damaged and garbage cans. There are no local were set out and in certain zones stop-
streets, company signs and property public truck parking spots; however, ping restrictions were set up.
fences. There are also safety concerns. there are a small number of company
This also results in occasional robbe- owned parking lots, some of which are Parking space lottery
ries of license plates, fuel and par- also open outside of business hours In general the study determined in a
king heaters from the vehicles or even and sometimes have chemical toilets. survey that over half of the truck dri-
complete semitrailers on the surroun- vers on the Lower Rhein must drive
ding company parking lots. Therefore Room for 75 tractor units on Dahling- more than 15 kilometers to find a par-
business owners have now agreed straße king spot. One out of four truck drivers
with the city that as a first action the The study states that the situation in must actually park more than 30 kilo-
areas for trucks should be marked Duisburg-Hohenbudberg has signifi- meters away from the delivery loca-
more clearly, that regular checks are cantly improved on logport III after the tion. Thus the search for a parking spot
made and employees of regulatory opening of a parking lot for more than becomes a lottery, they said. To comply
agencies give warnings. In addition, 75 tractor units on Dahlingstraße. This with the legal quiet times, after 5 pm
the frequency of street cleaning is up was the result of an initiative of Duis- more than half of the drivers search an
for discussion. burger Hafen AG in cooperation with average of 30 to 60 minutes for a par-
duisportmagazin 2/2017 21IN FOCUS » IHK SURVEY
Steel (see box). Improvements are still
needed concerning signs for routes
along the autobahns to factory gates
and parking spots.
Positive examples in Rotterdam and
Hamburg
In addition to the expansion and
new construction of rest stops, also
recommended in the study for actions
© duisport/Rolf Köppen
against the lack of parking spots
were compact parking, shared par-
king, approval of car parking spots in
peak times and creation of parking
management systems. The parking
space management concept in the
The parking-situation on logport III in Duisburg-Hohenbudberg has signifi- port area of Rotterdam is a positive
cantly improved after the opening of a parking lot for more than 75 tractor example. On the one hand, it restricts
units on Dahlingstraße. parking along the port streets, and
on the other hand, it provides at this
king spot, and another thirty percent greater portion must wait up to two time four truck stops with 620 parking
even require over 60 minutes. The hours, before the entrance to the loa- spots each. The prohibition of night
search for parking spots means additi- ding ramp was approved. parking is controlled by the Rotter-
onal driving time, more fuel consump- dam city police. Fines for incorrect par-
tion, emissions, noise pollution and According to the study the risk of king start at 90 euros. Wheel clamps
stress for the driver, the study says. freight thefts has also increased due are installed or vehicles are towed if
to the precarious parking space situ- necessary. Also the port of Hamburg
One reason for the long search for a ation. The insurance branch estima- has started a pilot project with tele-
parking spot, in addition to the limi- tes the damage due to cargo theft at matic parking space management and
ted number, is that there is not ade- around 300 million euros annually. In compact parking on a privately opera-
quate information about the parking the meantime insurance companies ted truck stop in Hamburg-Moorfleet.
options. For more than 50% of the dri- advise avoiding certain parking spots,
vers the inner-city parking options are according to the study. This applies to Lack of parking in NRW
not visible. Also, up until now the spe- parts of Duisburg, for example, but The North Rhein-Westphalia (NRW)
cial parking lot apps were hardly used. also to Wesel, Moers and the Nether- highway network currently has
The number of in-town parking spots lands border at Venlo. The insurers 6345 parking spots for road cargo
also gets bad reports from the dri- recommend searching for operating traffic. 3200 parking spots are in
vers and even the signs are described premises of cooperation partners or planning, which will be finished in
as deficient. Additional waiting times private truck stops. The risk is signifi- the coming five years. However, the
also result due to imprecise schedu- cantly lower here. Sometimes shippers NRW roads authority forecasts that
ling by the clients or customers. Only implement existing company specific by 2025 there will be a lack of 4000
about one-third of the drivers had wai- solutions for stationary traffic, as seen truck parking spots in the state.
ting times less than one hour, a much in the example from Thyssen Krupp
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